Steamboat.



PfsAvoN.

STEAMBOAT,

.APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 22, 1912. v

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

` G Q m i i M b f Y hrm N M n) u Mg ' E WITNESSES 1; El INI/HUUR. Y W' .Duoon i n 7] I Allgmgy'g F. SAVON.

STEAMBOAT.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 2z, 1912.

vPatented Mar. 25, 1913.

he Attorney s SHEETS-SEHEN.

P. SAVON.

sTBAMBoAT.

APPLICATION FILED JUN-E 22, 1912.

@atented Mar. 25, 19";3.

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NVENTOR WJTNESSES Trank QUU (i, A 110mg/ zen of the United States, j hannon, inthe county of drawing.

UNTTED STATES PATENT rRAnKsAvoN, or n'UcKHniiirorn` WEST VIRGINIA."

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To all/whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK SAvoN, citiresiding at Buck- Upsliur and "State of West Virginia, have-invented certain new and 'useful Improvements in Steamboats, of

which the following is a specification, refers' the accompanying ence being had therein to w This inventionk relates to ships, and has naryf circumstances, but a't the same time` accident.

invention consists in general of certain novel for its object the production of an efficient ship, the bottom ofv which may be detached from the upper portion wherebythe bottom Will be allowed to sink in case and the up er portion thereof will constitute-a raft ign saving the passengers of the ship. v f Anotherobject of this invention is the of' the ship of accident 26 production of a simple and eiiicient means or retaiming the upper portion of the ship upon: the lower' portion or keel under ordiallow the two portions-of the4- ship to be readily released r'from eaclifotlier'in case of With these and other' objects View, the

details of'- construction and combinations of .parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated I 1n;- I

Ini the drawings, Figure 1f is va top plan View of the ship or vessel containing the i in locked engagement with each other. Fig.

6- is a section taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 1. Fig'.` 7 is a rear elevation ofthe lever used 'in connection `with throwing the releasing mechanism; Fig. 8 is a section taken on line 81-8 of' Fig. 3. yFig; 9 is an enlarged detailed perspective .of one form of connecting the, tie rods to thev lower portion of the ship.

By referring' toy the drawings by numorals, it will beseen that the vessel is made in-two sections, constituting' a lowei` section l, and' an upper or deck section 2. The

lower' section of the vessel is'made in the 'ordinary' manner and may be formed of any Appiiatmn inea .rune 22, 1912. serial No; mara.Z

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the accompanying drawings, and specili cally claimed.

The portions of speclcetuionof Letters Patenti'. Patented Mar.25,1913.

and `within-the low-er seci tion are ada 'ted to be carried the machines hev sel are carried by up through thev passage ways 4 formed inthe upper deck section`2. One. of theair funnels 5 communicates with the lower sec. tion 1, whereasthe otherair funnel 5 communicates with the upper deck section 2 fory supplying air to the lower parts of sectionl. One of the air funnels 5 passes directly through tothe bottom of the"vessel as indi'- cated at 7, and this projecting portion7 which is carried by the lower section 1', projects up' through a casing 8 formed in the -deck section 2. -A stair case 9 iscarried by the lower section 1 and projectsup through the' upper deck section 2 as indicated 'in Fig. 2, and

smoke Astacks 3 of the ves# entrance to the lowerv portion 1 may bg had through this stair case 9.

- 0f course, it should be understood that the stairl case and other portions of' section l1' may bel constructedinthe ordinary designs, a conventional form being shown the pl'esent drawings. `The stair case #passes t tion'- sothat when the lower section the stair caser9-m`ay slide through the-'casing- 10 for allowing the lower section-I of the ship-@tube separated from the upper section'.-

the upper section of the 'shi'pf which surround the smoke stacks andl the f stair case 9 are'sealed so as to revent the `passageof water into the upper eck section and it will' be seen `that since the-upper deck.

the lower section and pass section is released from the lower sectionf and the lower ,section i'sfilled with water, the i' lower section will sink andthe upper section float in the manner as4 illustrated in' Fi'g. '3'. The upperdeck section isprovided with a. flange-1l along its side entirely along the lower edge, lower section'l in such aV manner as to holdA the upper decksection 2 firmly upon the lower section l', and prevent the same from which ange overhangs the' having any lateral movement' upon thelower I sectionl in a l0 1s carried bythe upper deck section'2, and this stair case communicates ,with the 'rough sea. A second stair case deck of the upper deck section and does notcommunicate with the lower sectionl 1. It will, therefore, be seen that access may be hadto the bottom of the lower section and the upper .section throughthis stair case,

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rongh'a casing 10 formed in the deck sec# 4 ofthe `lshipis separated.l from' the upper section 2;]

and llOlOl members 212i s swinging ot the outer ends of each l@ be readily separated from the upper part.

rll`lie lower section of l the vessel carries upon each side near each end7 a plurality of socket plates 12 which socket plates are provided with laterally extending wing por- 15 tions 13 having the lower bent portions 111. ixedly secured to thel These anges 13 are sides of the lower portion 1 ot the vessel by means of rivets 15, and vertically extending rods 16 are carried by each of the socket These rods 16 are each provided at their upper end with laterally extending portions 1? which are adapted to be engaged by the pivotally latched members 18 carried upon the upper portion of the deck.

As illustrated in F ig. 9 each of the rods' 16 is provided with the laterally extending lower end 19 which passes through an ap I erture 2O termed in the sid'e of the bent poi-l tion 14 to hold the rod 16 against rotation it in th'e proper position to be en gaged by the latch members 18:A These latch members 18 are pivotally secured to the upper deck as indicated at 21., and are connected together by means ot the link These link members 2E are in turn connected to the lever rnechanisin 257 which lever mechanism is mounted vupon quadrant 245i lor facilitating the operation or latch members 18. Elie of these latch members is notched as indicated at 25 for straddling or fitting over the upper ends ot the rods 16. Theseiiotch portions '25 normally straddle the upper ends of the rods so as to hold the two sections together, but in case o'i accident the levers 23 may be thrown to such a position as to cause the notched portions 25 to f 'i be released from the upper end-soit the rods 16 and thereby allow the lower portion or 5@ the vessel. to sink in case the lower portion oi the vessel should become damaged.

@t course, it should be understood that the coal chutes or coal ways may ne placed at any point upon the vessel the outer 5s `liatch ways as indicated at 26 may be ernployled iior supplying or .storing groceries end other provisions. are preferably carried upon the upper decir section 2 so as to supply the occupants ot' so the vessel with the necessary food or provisions, in case of accident when it was neces sary to detach the lower section ot the ship. A pump 9,7 may be also employed upon the vessel to supply the ordinary drinking @s watern and this water is also kept upon the These hatch ways 26 incesto upper compartment and so arranged as to be preserved in case the lower section of the ship would have to become detached.

It should be understood that the present invention need not be necessarily limited to the original construction o the vessel for any vessel now in use may be so provided with an upper deck section as set forth by cutting the vessel olii just above the water line and building the upper deck section thereon. By applying the releasing apertures as set forth in the present case, the saine result may be accomplished by repairing or adding these features to an old vessel as by building an entirely new one.

Ot course, it should be understood that the invention may be inodied in its niechanical construction without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the what is claimed as new, is

l. A vessel of the class described compris ingv a lower section and an upper deck section, said upper deck section entirely tting over said lower section and provided with a invention,

flange around its entire edge for overhang- 'ing the lower section for preventing said upper section :trom having any lateral movement relative to said lower section, and means for locking said sections together.

2. A ship of the class described compris-` ing a lower section and an upper section. said upper section provided with a plurality ot wells termed'therein5 said lower section carrying plurality of smoke stacks and stair cases passing through said wells whereby said lower section may be readily detached from said upper section, and means for noi-mallyliolding said sections together.

8. .el ship of the class described compris ing alower section, an u per detachable section, said upper detacha le section provided with a plurality ot wells 'termed therein and sealed against the entrance out water, said lower section provided with e pluralityot smoke stacks, and communicating means passing through said wells and said upper section whereby said upper seotion .may be entirely removed from said lower section, and detachable means tor normallyholding said sections togetlieru Ll. A. ship-ot thev class described comprising a lower section and an upper sectioii,.

vertically extending rods carried 'by said lower section and extending Avertically of.

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holding said upper sections firmly upon said lower section. y 6. A ship of the class described comprisinga lower section and Van upper removable section, rods carried by said lower section, latch members carried by said upper section, said rodsprovided with laterally extending upper ends, latch members engaging saidv rods for holding said upper section upon said lower section, link means carried by said latch members and means for actuatingsaid link means whereby said latzh members will be released from said ro s.

7. A ship of the class described comprising a lower section and an upper removable section, rods carried by said lower section socket plates carried by said lower section and provided kwith laterally extending flanges for securing the socket plates to said lower section, a bent. portion formed upon each socket plate having an aperture formed therein, a rod carried by each socket plate and provided with laterally extending `lower end passing through said aperture for holding said rod against rotation relative lvto 'sald socket plate, each rod providedl with laterally extending free end, and latch Ameans carried bythe top of said upper secupper section.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature 1n presence of two wltnesses.

. FRANK SAVON. Witnesses.:

W. G. L. FOTTEN, C. N. Paw. 

